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New Orleans compared to South Africa (Super Bowl article)
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:14 pm
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"The Super Dome is supposed to stand, in post-hurricane, post-levees New Orleans as a symbol of the city’s resurgence. It’s also supposed to stand as a symbol of the city’s reborn tourism industry and status as an “event town” ready to be the Mecca for Fortune 500 companies and the hottest happenings in sports. But this economic comeback, with an emphasis on low-paying, zero-benefits service-industry jobs, has had another effect as well: widening inequality. The poverty rate is up to 29 percent, 8 percent higher than in 2007 when the city was still rebuilding after the Hurricane. Child poverty is up to 42 percent and the Lower Ninth Ward has seen its population drop by 80 percent in the last decade."
"When South Africa hosted the World Cup, the European Press was filled with denunciations of this choice, because surely “a developing nation” wouldn’t have the wherewithal to host an event of such status and magnitude. What does the thirty-four-minute blackout—caused by too much electricity—say about this country?"
"The Super Dome is supposed to stand, in post-hurricane, post-levees New Orleans as a symbol of the city’s resurgence. It’s also supposed to stand as a symbol of the city’s reborn tourism industry and status as an “event town” ready to be the Mecca for Fortune 500 companies and the hottest happenings in sports. But this economic comeback, with an emphasis on low-paying, zero-benefits service-industry jobs, has had another effect as well: widening inequality. The poverty rate is up to 29 percent, 8 percent higher than in 2007 when the city was still rebuilding after the Hurricane. Child poverty is up to 42 percent and the Lower Ninth Ward has seen its population drop by 80 percent in the last decade."
"When South Africa hosted the World Cup, the European Press was filled with denunciations of this choice, because surely “a developing nation” wouldn’t have the wherewithal to host an event of such status and magnitude. What does the thirty-four-minute blackout—caused by too much electricity—say about this country?"
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Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:15 pm to MrLSU
Consider your source before posting...brosef.
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:16 pm to MrLSU
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This post was edited on 3/9/21 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:16 pm to MrLSU
Poli board.
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:17 pm to Golfer
You guys are mad 
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:39 pm to MrLSU
There are ways out of poverty. It's called WORK!
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:39 pm to MrLSU
quote:
What does the thirty-four-minute blackout—caused by too much electricity—say about this country
nothing, this article says a lot about the author
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:57 pm to MrLSU
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What does the thirty-four-minute blackout—caused by too much electricity—say about this country?
It says this author is making an embarrassingly desperate reach.
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:59 pm to MrLSU
Our electrical grids are in bad need of updating. Especially in the Northeast.
Posted on 2/4/13 at 2:59 pm to MrLSU
These blackouts are much more common than most people think. In the last few years, I've seen blackouts in Germany, Australia, France, Scotland, and Spain. Even L.A. has had numerous blackouts at stadiums during sporting events.
Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:04 pm to MrLSU
I fricking hate journalists.
Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:06 pm to MrLSU
Lower 9 has seen 80% population drop in the last decade?
I wonder why that is?
I wonder why that is?
Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:11 pm to MrLSU
So the lower 9th has less people and the author equates that to RISING poverty???
The damn system had an issue because they ran a halftime show with enough juice to power South Africa for a month.
I completely understand that NOLA is not for everyone. But outside of the low socioeconomic violent crime, it's pretty obvious that the city is trending in a very positive direction in many different ways.
The damn system had an issue because they ran a halftime show with enough juice to power South Africa for a month.
I completely understand that NOLA is not for everyone. But outside of the low socioeconomic violent crime, it's pretty obvious that the city is trending in a very positive direction in many different ways.
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Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:17 pm to MrLSU
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This post was edited on 2/4/13 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:17 pm to MrLSU
he actually didn't really compare the situations as much as contrast them
Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:36 pm to Towelie
quote:
Lower 9 has seen 80% population drop in the last decade?
I wonder why that is?
Because they all moved to BR
Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:41 pm to brewhan davey
Plenty truth but those dead end jobs are typically stop gap not career choices!
Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:42 pm to MrLSU
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But this economic comeback, with an emphasis on low-paying, zero-benefits service-industry jobs,
the recent forbes articles disagree with this
Posted on 2/4/13 at 3:52 pm to brewhan davey
go to the Chalmette Wal-Mart one day
Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:31 pm to chalmetteowl
Dude bitches about the poverty in NOLA then laments the fact that the SB "Only" creates low-level temporary jobs........Are we to believe that if the SB created CEO type jobs, the people who are now (regrettably?) missing from the lower 9 would successfully fill those jobs?
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